SUMMARY
Public Health advocates warmly welcomed the decision by the Food Hygiene Committee (CCFH55) of the Codex Alimentarius to conduct risk assessment on Clostridium botulinum, a newly exposed risk of powdered infant formula and to update its scientific advice on Cronobacter and Salmonella.(1) The decision was supported by WHO, FAO, the EU, the USA and many countries.
Delegates from dozens of countries gathered in Nashville for CCFH55, the UN global body that develops standards that form the basis of national legislation and are used as benchmarks in trade disputes. IBFAN and ENCA, two of the very few Codex observers who are not funded by the food industry, joined the meeting to call for the safeguards to require stricter manufacturing safeguards and independent controls.
A full brief of the meeting and IBFAN’s role can be found here: https://www.babymilkaction.org/archives/49790